2.1% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Albert · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Albert
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.1% of homes in Lake Albert have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households rely heavily on cars to get around, which is common for the area. This makes private transport the primary way people move through the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are very common here, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and 17.1% having three. Very few households go without a car, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lake Albert, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 71.5% of people being the driver. Very few people work from home at 9.1%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
9.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is provided entirely by buses, with 23 stops and 4 routes. While these numbers are higher than in most similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.66
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
201.1
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes time, with a typical 26-minute walk. This is higher than in most similar areas.
26
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Lake Albert
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lake Albert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12246/lake-albert/topic/transport